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Jody Mcintyre's Life on Wheels, Politics - Saturday, November 6, 2010 20:21 - 1 Comment
Life on Wheels – Week 71: “See you next week Vince!”
When Vince Cable, the Business Secretary, headed to a constituency surgery last week, he probably expected some form of protest would be taking place. However, nothing could have prepared him for a grilling by Ceasefire contributor Jody McIntyre. In a new blog entry, McIntyre recounts a very unusual encounter.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, November 6, 2010 12:00 - 16 Comments
Music Is the government infiltrating the UK grime scene?
In a powerful exclusive piece, Jody McIntyre, a proponent of grime and Hip Hop music as vectors of revolutionary social change, takes two grime artists, Ghetts and Skepta, to task for seemingly allowing their message to be co-opted, and dictated, by the establishment.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire, Profiles - Thursday, October 28, 2010 0:00 - 13 Comments
Profile: Slavoj Žižek – The Dog’s Bollocks … at the Media Dinner Party
In an exclusive essay, Paul Taylor explains why Slavoj Žižek stands out so forcefully from the conventional commentariat and debunks two frequently voiced objections to his work – the obscene humour and his refusal to provide ready-made solutions for the problems he so readily identifies.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, October 13, 2010 5:36 - 11 Comments
Politics | ‘Ricin!’: the plot that never was
In January 2003, the world media erupted with news of how a deadly Al-Qaeda poison attack on London had been foiled. The story was soon part of Colin Powell's infamous presentation to the UN. But when matters came to trial, a very different picture emerged. In an exclusive essay, Lawrence Archer, foreman of the jury, shows how a minor story was "shamelessly distorted by government, media and security forces" to push their own agendas.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Tuesday, October 12, 2010 7:48 - 4 Comments
Special Report The ugly side of hospitality
As a recession induced by the financial sector takes its toll on the public, more and more people are turning to temporary and part-time work. What’s it like to work in a temporary job in the UK, without a contract, being paid cash in hand? Jumanah Younis spent 3 weeks finding out – and discovered a dark side to employment in Britain.
Diary of a Domestic Extremist, Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, October 6, 2010 2:00 - 49 Comments
Diary of a Domestic Extremist: Why I hate activism
What does it really mean to be an "activist"? Are activists deluding themselves about being agents of radical change? In an impassioned polemic, Mikhail Goldman argues that today's activist movements, far from being the creative, truly revolutionary wave they purport to be, risk becoming, themselves, agents of bigotry, sexism, and elitism.
Ideas, Interviews - Thursday, September 30, 2010 0:00 - 9 Comments
Interview">Mark Fisher: “Crises of Capitalism won’t in and of themselves deliver a better world” Interview
Mark Fisher’s book 'Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?'is a persuasive diagnosis of contemporary society, an analysis of its political impasses and a call for fresh organization and thought. In a wide-ranging interview, from Spinoza to Deleuze to Wall-E, from Supernanny to post-autonomist theory, Ceasefire's Alex Andrews talked to Mark Fisher about his book, education, the internet and the prospect of moving beyond capitalist realism.
Ideas, Interviews - Thursday, September 23, 2010 9:41 - 12 Comments
Interview Noam Chomsky (2010)
In an exclusive major interview, Noam Chomsky, considered by many to be the world's greatest public intellectual, responds to questions posed by Ceasefire Editor Hicham Yezza on the Middle East, global warming, the financial crisis, the future of the left, Iran, and on why all states are unacceptable.
Jody Mcintyre's Life on Wheels - Tuesday, September 14, 2010 22:20 - 0 Comments
About Me
By Jody Mcintyre When I was born in East Dulwich hospital, the doctors told my parents I would never walk, and probably wouldn’t talk. After proving them wrong, and eighteen wasted years of education, I decided to go and see the world, and travelled around South America for three months on my own. While I was […]Columns, Ideas, In Theory - Friday, September 10, 2010 3:25 - 11 Comments
In Theory Why Deleuze (still) matters: States, war-machines and radical transformation
In the latest of his 'In Theory' columns, political theorist Andrew Robinson examines a crucial segment within the extensive and monumental legacy of Giles Deleuze. In his piece, Robinson shows how Deleuze's own subversion of theoretical assumptions has been often misread, and misapplied, by disciples and foes alike. In particular, Robinson addresses one of Deleuze's central concepts, that of the 'War Machine'.
